Lessons in faith

January 23, 2006|The Morning Call

MEIR SCHOCHET, 3, of Allentown watches closely as Rabbi Zvi Chaim Pincus of Brooklyn, N.Y., explains the creation of a Torah during a demonstration Sunday at Synagogue Sons of Israel in Allentown. During the program, Pincus also explained the making of Tefillin -- small leather boxes containing a scroll of verses from Scripture -- that are worn on the forehead and wound around one arm during prayer. Above right, Pincus writes the first letters of the Hebrew names of South Whitehall residents Alexander Garber, 5, (left) and Matthew Garber, 3, on pieces of parchment during a demonstration of writing in the style of the Torah. At right, Pincus holds a finished, black Tefillin and an unfinished Tefillin.